LA man charged with sex trafficking underage girl on Strip

A Los Angeles antheral has been charged with enactment trafficking a kid connected the Las Vegas Strip.

Scott Bradford Yates, 33, was arrested Oct. 26 by Las Vegas constabulary arsenic portion of an undercover probe connected Sept. 18 connected the Strip.

Police wrote successful an apprehension study for Yates that an undercover detective was connected the casino level astatine the Bellagio erstwhile helium made interaction with a pistillate who appeared to beryllium underage. The youth, who’s property was blacked retired successful the report, agreed to person enactment with the detective for a fee, prompting constabulary to unfastened an probe “into the commercialized intersexual exploitation of children,” constabulary said.

Detectives recovered substance messages connected the girl’s telephone with a antheral aboriginal identified arsenic Yates. In the graphic messages, constabulary said Yates wrote to the younker saying “be cautious if you consciousness they nether covers” and “don’t speech astir enactment ever lone spending time.”

The miss told constabulary she met Yates connected Instagram and that helium soon recruited her to enactment arsenic a prostitute. She told constabulary she initially told Yates she was 20 years aged and helium ne'er questioned this. She said she worked for Yates for 3 weeks and gave him $3,000 earned from acts of prostitution.

During questioning, constabulary said Yates acknowledged knowing the miss but denied knowing she was a minor. He besides denied trafficking the youth.

Las Vegas Justice Court records amusement helium is charged with first-degree kidnapping of a minor, enactment trafficking a kid nether 18 and surviving from the net of a prostitute.

Clark County prosecutors declined, however, to record a complaint of kid maltreatment oregon neglect against Yates. Justice Court records amusement helium has aggregate anterior arrests successful Las Vegas for charges including location invasion, coercion and forgery.

He remained successful custody astatine the Clark County Detention Center Tuesday. A preliminary proceeding successful the lawsuit is scheduled for Monday.

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